Dallas Mavericks Blog

Breaking down the Mavs’ schedule

The Mavericks’ early schedule is heavy on home games. They can only hope that prepares them for a road-weary New Year.

Dallas opens its 10th season at American Airlines Center with home games against Charlotte (Oct. 27) and Memphis (Oct. 29). The Mavs play 17 of their first 26 games at home, including Boston (Nov. 8) and Miami Heat (Nov. 27).

That’s about as close to marquee games as the Mavs get. They have zero appearances on ABC.

Still, they have a lot of important early dates. They open November with consecutive games against Denver and then close the month against Oklahoma City, San Antonio, Miami and Houston.

This season’s schedule is virtually the opposite of last season, when the Mavs played only eight of their first 20 games at home. (They went 14-6 over that stretch).

They should have a good indication of their potential by 2011. After a six-game home stand, their closing stretch of December includes Phoenix at home and Miami, Orlando and Oklahoma City on the road.

They usher in the New Year with eight of their first 12 games on the road. And in February, nine of their 12 games are on the road.

March is probably the toughest month. Dallas plays 16 times with nine on the road and a season-high five back-to-backs.

In that span, Dallas faces eight Western Conference foes _ L.A. Lakers and Golden State twice, and San Antonio, Utah, Portland and Phoenix.

From late March through early April, the Mavs have their longest road trip. They play six games in 10 days against four of last season’s playoff teams.

The Mavericks have 20 back-to-backs again this season. In total, 11 of them are on the road, six begin at home and conclude on the road and three are away-home. Eight of Dallas’ back-to-backs are after the All-Star Break.

Dallas will appear on national television 24 times (10 on ESPN, six on TNT and eight on NBATV.
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